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James Karen (born Jacob Karnofsky; November 28, 1923 – October 23, 2018) was an American character actor of Broadway, film and television.
James Karen was a veteran actor who appeared in over 80 movies and 100 TV shows, including The Return of the Living Dead, Poltergeist, and Mulholland Drive. He also did commercials for Pathmark supermarket and won a Saturn Award for Lifetime Achievement.
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- Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
James Karen was a veteran actor who appeared in over 80 films and 100 TV shows, including "The Return of the Living Dead". He also did over 5,000 commercials for Pathmark supermarket and won the Buster Award for his comedy work.
- November 28, 1923
- October 23, 2018
Oct 24, 2018 · James Karen, the instantly recognizable character actor who moved the cemetery’s headstones — but not the bodies — as the developer Mr. Teague in the modern horror classic Poltergeist, has...
Oct 24, 2018 · James Karen, an actor with some 200 television and film credits and one particularly memorable job as a supermarket pitchman that led many to call him simply the Pathmark Man, died on Tuesday at...
Oct 25, 2018 · NEW YORK (AP) — James Karen, a former TV pitchman who later worked with Buster Keaton and made memorable appearances in “Poltergeist” and “Return of the Living Dead,” has died. He was 94. Karen’s friend Bruce Goldstein told The Associated Press that he died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles.
Oct 25, 2018 · NEW YORK (AP) — James Karen, a prolific and beloved character actor whose hundreds of credits included memorable appearances in “Poltergeist” and “The Return of the Living Dead,” has died. He was 94.
